The Appropriate Time to Get Sick

Thank you labor day weekend. Thank you for your extra day off from school! Unfortunately, I may spend Monday ill, as I seem to be developing something. Hopefully it won't get too much worse: sore throat, stuffy nose, slight temp, anything more and I may just fall apart! ;] It seems to be going around though. I think Spencer gave it to me(he got very sick on Thursday and Friday) which, if that's so, means I'll end up with a high fever tomorrow :( I am going to do my best to get better. So, on another note, it's practically fall. Insane. Practically. Sort of. Yeah. I looooove fall. I think my favorite times of the year are fall and spring. They're the transition sort of seasons. The pleasant in betweens of summer and winter.
Some of the other reasons I like fall though:

• You get to start wearing sweaters and jeans and such, I like that kind of warmth more than just being hot. (unless it's because I'm laying in the sun) Like, when you're chilly you can just put on a jacket, but when it's hot out you can only fan yourself and try to cool off.
• Pumpkin pie, apple pie, thanksgiving type foods, warm soup, and all the other great yummy foods that are specific to fall.
• The LEAVES are so pretty! In so many different colors! And then they all fall off and the trees appear so desolate and bare, which looks way cool.
• It's my last chance to be outside a lot before I get sick of freezing in the winter weather.
• The season just feels warm and fuzzy to me, with warm colors like burgundy, orange, yellow, brown, it's like a total feel good season. If chocolate were a season it'd be fall.
• That chocolate thought reminds me: CANDY CORN, if I didn't love all candy equally candy corn would be one of my favorites. ;P

Also, last night we watched Mr. Holland's Opus. ^_^ It is a very good movie.

New Watson Likes Jam

I looked around the library/music room at the books today and leafed through a few poetry collections. I also read Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends and Influence People" of which we have two identical copies for some reason. I shall now work at, among other things, smiling more often and being a better listener. Other than that we went shopping yesterday, and ran some errands today. By we I mean of course myself and my mother; Spencer generally spends his weekends in a state of 2/3 sleep and 1/3 computer.

And now I present, by inspiration of the poetry books I was looking at, a poem:

Today's sky is painted in blues and grays
Light and clear, it's brushed with only a few wisps of cotton white and silver lining
The grass is green, bright with rays of sun, shining with dew
The trees sway, a song in the wind
They foretell of seasons to come and seasons gone by

While birds call and leaves rustle, the general hum of civilization rumbles on
I add my own playlist of classical, jazz, rock
Drifting from this open window
A post office for the senses

In comes the scent of clean sheets and bonfire
In comes the brisk fresh feel of evening
Out goes the music with the warm air of the office
Out goes the smell of chicken pot pie

Leave me relaxing
Basking in the calm of a Sunday night
Don't remind me of the Monday morning that ensues
Just let me fall into the effortless wait
Under the darkening sky of blues and grays

It's PI In The Sky People!...

Okay.. well, I haven't made anything.. We picked up my art from the fair yesterday though. And now I have math homework and flute to practice.. I will make something!!! Eventually.. Every day I make/put together a fashionable/cute outfit, and then I wear it to school. Does that count? :P Right now I'm working on my group's theme for the yearbook. Maybe I'll post a picture or two.

Pictures!:

Possible cover idea! (we've ended up moving the squares around a bit into a different position)

and

The table of contents!

I Also Have Three Hats

So, today was.. nice! I walked on the monon, and although at first it was a slightly (surprisingly) windy/chilly it got QUITE sunny and pleasant after awhile. I also finished up all my homework, what little of it that there was. Tomorrow I think I will bake something, or sew a stuffed animal. Or perhaps I shall paint. We'll see, and then I'll post about it! Because I can't seem to think of anything else to say right now.. I think I should get to sleep before I begin to ramble.

Is It Always Like This

Tomorrow is Friday! This week seems to have gone by fast, but I guess that's just how I've experienced it. Nothing too memorable around to remind me that yesterday wasn't anything more than a Wednesday. So this means the second week of school is almost done! Whooo. Oh yeah, I don't think I've mentioned yet that one of my paintings received honorable mention at the state fair. :) Yay!

There Were Birds In The Sky

What a beautiful day is was today! Hot albeit, but still quite nice. I sat in the sun, swam, went to the library, visited the post office, looked around a furniture store and spotted some pieces I dearly wish I could call my own, had leftover pizza for lunch, went to meijer, got some panda express(yum orange chicken!), and then came home again to relax. Too bad there isn't anything good on tv tonight, at least as far as I know. Maybe we'll have a little campfire.. Either way today is Saturday, and I SURVIVED THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL! Whoo. Claps for Gemma! Yeah, I'm surprised that it's actually going fairly well despite having math homework, map quizzes, and that sort of thing to do already. Also, it seems the school musical tryouts are quickly approaching... Must prepare for that.. :)

One Down

181 to go...
First day of school! How fun.
Today was, an okay day. I mean, it was the first day of school so it can't really get much more than okay. Turns out all my teachers are pretty cool though, and everything is going to be a-ok!
I really don't have much else to report..
The grandparents are leaving tomorrow though :( back to Florida for them!